Josie Knight, the former Irish international turned Great Britain rider, has signed a top flight road contract for the coming season with Lotto Soudal.
The 24-year-old, who was brought up in Co Kerry but whose family is British, has been part of British Cycling's track high performance line-up in recent years.
She was a member of the team pursuit squad that won silver at the Tokyo Olympics; beaten to the gold medal by Germany, who ended GB's winning run at the Games in the event.
Knight also won the British individual pursuit title in 2020 and has won a European team pursuit title with Great Britain, claiming that gold medal in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 2020.
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She has signed a one-year deal with Lotto Soudal and is among the latest batch of four new riders signing with the WorldTour set-up. Also joining the team with her are Belgians Esmée Gielkens (20) and Ines Van de Paar (18) and Czech rider Kristýna Burlová (19).
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The signing of the latest new four-rider group is part of Lotto-Soudal's strategy to bring in younger riders and develop them inside the team for the future.
"British rider Josie Knight (24) won the silver medal in the team pursuit at the Olympics past summer," the team said in a statement. "At the Worlds in Roubaix she and the national team claimed bronze. Knight wants to combine track and road and she chose for Lotto Soudal to make this possible."
Kurt Van de Wouwer sports manager at the Lotto Soudal Ladies and Lotto Soudal U23, said the team had signed an almost completely new women's roster for 2022 as it was keen to develop as much talent as possible.
“In the future we fully focus on the youth with our women’s team”, said Van de Wouwer. “These changes are reflected in the almost entirely new team for next season. Three riders remain in our team."
